On the occasion of World Heart Day, BM Birla Heart Research Centre organized an interactive session. The session was graced by renowned cardiologists like Dr. Anil Mishra, Dr. Anjan Siotia, Dr. Ashok B Malpani, Dr. Dhiman Kahali, Dr. Shuvo Dutta, and others. Apart from the cardiologists, patients from different states of India like Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Karnataka also graced the occasion.

The patients who graced the occasion were Ram Chandra Dibakar (67 years) from Bihar, Ram Prasad Yadav (65 years) from UP, Jai Prakas Singh Chouhan (51 years) from Maharashtra, Syed Iftikar (49 years) from Karnataka, Nirantan Kr Upadhyay (44 years) from Bihar and Syed Nizart Ali (82 years) from Nagpur.

The patients underwent complicated cardiac surgeries during the pandemic at BM Birla Heart Research Centre.

In 2021, the aim behind celebrating World Heart Day is to generate the power of digital health, to improve the awareness, management, and prevention of cardiac diseases. One must educate the people about the risk factors that can lead to cardiac diseases.

Age has just become a number in front of the increasing number of heart diseases. Heart diseases are not restricted to any age or condition. There are several heart problems like heart attack, blood clot formation, thrombosis, and others that can be fatal if not treated immediately.

The patients praised the doctors for their great services and the excellent facilities they received from BM Birla Heart Research Centre.

Dr. Simmardeep Gill, COO, CK Birla Hospitals said that it is important to take care of the heart. During the pandemic, like other hospitals, BM Birla was also crowded with patients with heart diseases. One of the reasons behind this rise in heart problems was the attitude towards routine checkups. As a result of this neglect, heart diseases were on a rise. Dr. Gill asked the people to continue with the preventive cardiac check-up routines.

BM Birla with its clinical expertise and state of art infrastructure facilities would continue to treat complex cardiac cases in the long run.

Priyanka Dutta